On November 30, 2017, Charles gave a lecture at the Cátedra UAM-Accenture en Economic y Gestión de la Innovación, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. His topic was “Towards a Holistic Innovation Policy: The Swedish National Innovation Council as a Role Model”.           Continue reading →

Charles participated in a reference group meeting on a report on “Innovation Competitions” written by Stefan Fölster at the Swedish competition authority, November 16, 2017 in Stockholm. Continue reading →

A meeting with the Swedish National Innovation Council was held at the Prime Minister’s office in Stockholm on November 13, 2017. Continue reading →

Charles gave the initial presentation at a seminar on “Functionally Based Procurement in the Public Sector” on October 30, 2017 in Kista outside Stockholm. The seminar was organized by Swerea/KIMAB was devoted to develop a functionally based demands for anti-corrosive treatment of bridges. Charles’ presentation dealt with purposes and objectives of functional specifications in public … Continue reading →

Last October 25, 2017, the Swedish National Innovation Council (NIC) organized their first regional meeting. It was held in the city of Trollhättan in the Region of Västra Götaland. Three members of NIR participated: Charles Edquist, Sigbritt Karlsson and Carola Öberg. The following ministers represented the government: Stefan Löfven (Prime Minister), Helene Hellmark Knutsson (Minister … Continue reading →

I am chairing a European Union project (A Mutual Learning Exercise, MLE) on innovation related public procurement. The first report in this initiative has been published by the European Commission. It focusses on functional specifications for achieving innovations by means of public procurement, is written by me, and has the title “Developing Strategic Frameworks for … Continue reading →

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is organizing an innovation competition entitled “Transformative Industry – radical innovations for zero emissions”. The first “Inspiration meeting” (out of five meetings) took place in Malmö last October 10, 2017. Charles has been asked to initiate this competition by talking about functional procurement as a tool for innovation. The title … Continue reading →

The recently concluded meeting within the EU Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Innovation Related Procurement, chaired by Charles, was held at the Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie in Vienna last September 20-21, 2017. The specific topic was on “Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of innovation-related procurement”. The agenda can be found here. Continue reading →